The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-26

gets louder and louder, and she hears
Temps name, and the night after next
named, and back from Weyhill Fair and
a-ngn ms gate, and ten on u.s. and the
49, SsS WIN oe tnere tomorrow, we four and
tney SIX, that's ten And then thew oets
noisier, and Dick, who always kept his head
nusned some one on 'em up, and turned him
OUT INTO the shed, and all was still. Nancy
knew now what was brewing. But how to
get az. jim! how to advertise hes He would
oe on to Weyhill long before she could get
70 ne, and she couldn't get out without
gong through the room with Dick in it. or
lnrough the window into the shed with the
Stranger there; Not that they was strangers,
for she know'd their voices: thew was of the
portsmouth crew.
what should she do how should she
save her lover for he was her lover. and
she knowd 1T. She know1d that though she
could never wed with he, she could never
/ love another. Mayhap there was som'at
strange IN her manners, for all she made as
| uhough she was cheerful like, or NAV be il
We're from his own knowing what was com
mHg; anyhow Dick looked sharply after
nance all next day, and the day after too
IL We're hot, dry summer, and the DAYS
We're long, and there was full moon that
nlgnt, and no doubt that was the more con-
Venlent; not but what the Dedmans could
make their way blindfold anywhere over
the country round, and all their crew.
DICK went Oft somewhere to seven, and
sald,' careless like, as Nancy had best not
walt, FOR he and the old man had business
away, and would not be back till very late
mayhap, mayhap earlier Nance waited
I'LL he was gone, then she took her flint and
steel and fastened the door, and went to the
shed and took the nag they had only left
the old mare); she didna' wait to bride she.
put on she went as fast as the wind for
Holder Hill, over to the southwest from here
AND she rode and rode and went up the hill ND
to the Beacon Point, and there was the bonfire
all laid ready, as dry as finder, and she
struck and struck, and the third time she
got flame, and soon the beacon was
blazing and no mistake; and she rode and
she rode toward Rlackdown until the poor
peast could go no longer; so she got off and
let her go. And Nance walked and walked.
until all on a sudden the light sprung up on
Breakdown, and she knew as sure as if she
saw him that her trap had taken, that jim
had seen the fire on Holder, and instead of
going home had turned off to light up
Breakdown.
1T was the war time, you see, and he
were keen for the cause, and was the first
once before to help light the signal. And
she hurried on and came up to he, and he
turned round and cried: why, Nancy, love,
is 1t you! There's been some victory, you NAV
depend And she, she were out of breath
and could scarce speak; but she knew as
sure as fate her brother and his crew would
come after their prey. You see, they
worked SO long together, these Dedmans,
one seemed to guess the others thoughts
like; and she knew as when the time went
by, and Jim did not come home,
and they saw the light on
Holder Hill, and sudden the light
on Breakdown, they would guess as how it
were Nancy; or maybe only think Jim was
there instead of coming home. However it
be, she felt they would follow up there, so
she cried: Fly, Jiml f1yl as QUICK as you
can, down that way. No! not home! Be
OFT, be of! away, as far as you can go.
Take your horse and go! They're after YOU
to murder we, and Lit the fire ON Holder to
turn you from going home They be wait
ing for you, and now maybe they'll be fol-
lowing you up here. Give me your coat
and hat Jim-see, I've none. I'm cold. And
go, Jimr-go; Ican'tgo with you, Jim. Good
by, Oh, lad, Hove you, ladT' And the stu
pld, thick-headed fellow as he was, he took off
his long riding coat and his SLOUGH hat and
puts them on her, and takes her in his arms,
and she gives him one kiss and sends him
off. He steals down as quiet as mouse,
untethers bis nag, and off he goes London
way. And Nance! She stood with her
arms folded, her face to the fire and her
back to the path so as her figure is seen up
against the flames in an uncertain Kind of
way. She was as tall as young Kemp, and
she waited there to gain time for he-a de-
coy, we'll say. She were half dazed with
what she'd gone through, and a strange sort
of awaiting feeling as KEEP her very still
At last she hears them coming, and never
stirs. And Dick, from behind, without
writing minute, or taking so much as a
step for'arder, fires straight at her back,
and she falls forward, and he fires again,
and then they walked away, satisfied it were
Jim Kemp, for they seed the coat and they
never thought of Nancy.
"Well. morning came, and as they went
back and found the house empty they
thought she'd given them the slip, and they
laughed as how they had served her right;
they little knew how they had served her.
They wasn't long a laughing; the fires had
made bestirment and there they'd found
Nancy Dedman-dead shot twice through
the back And when they brought her in
the old man fell down in fit, but Dick he
said naught, only when they said, Had Jim
Kemp done this foul deedF for his papers
was in his pockets, Dick said, How should
he know2 He had allays told Nance to
have naught to do with that devil Kemp
''There was an inquiry, but naught came
of it. Old Dedham had another fit and died,
and Dick went over the seas, they said
Farmer Kemp, young Jim as was, never
come back to settle. He sold up, and no
body would have know'd word about it
only he come once, when he was getting in
years, to look at Nancys grave at Hasle-
mere.
"He told all as he know'd to the sexton,
Mr.. Keeling and years after, Dick came as
stranger and asked for the grave of Nancy
Dedman as he had fancy to see. Though
he was an old gray man, much
beshaken and with naught about he
to speak of murder, Mr.. Keeling, as
was always one with two pair of eyes, de-
term. ned on seeing justice done, and he
tracks the man to the inn, and brings the
parson, who was magistrate into the bar
gain But the parson found a broken down
Old man, and he would not make any bestir;
it were too long ago, he said. And afore
Dick Dedman died he and the parson were
the best of friends, and from Dick parson
had it all. After Dick died he telled Mr..
Keeling, who fitted in his part, and so it was
told and told again, and the tale was well
known when was boy, though nobody
speaks of it now"
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